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Volunteer Highlight – A Restful Blessing

Volunteers serve the guests and staff at Gateway Mission in many capacities. One volunteer saw the need to love people through the gift of a cozy place to rest. And she has done just that.  Over the years, Mary and a sewing group called Sewing with a Purpose, have provided hundreds of pillows and …

Poverty Awareness Month – What is Poverty?

In discussions surrounding homelessness, this topic is often the underlying cause. People would agree that the homeless are a straightforward illusion of poverty. Poor generally means economic or material poverty and has the characteristics of inadequate food, unable to support oneself, …

Poverty Awareness Month – Introduction to Poverty

We are all faced with people experiencing homelessness. Maybe it is someone we know or the familiar panhandler on the corner. We must see the homeless population as real people – not addicts or drunks or prostitutes. Instead, they are people made in the image of God. The homeless are indeed some of …

Mollie’s life was forever changed by God’s love

Mollie experienced childhood trauma at the hands of family members that left her fearful. Drugs and alcohol became a way to cope with her past. They helped numb the fear – until they created a new type of fear. “Addiction began controlling me,” Mollie says. “I had no friends and nowhere to live. I …

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